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Officials Step Up Net-Neutrality Efforts

House Bill Aims
To Ensure Providers
Route Traffic Fairly

By

Amy Schatz, Dionne Searcey and

Vishesh Kumar

Updated Feb. 13, 2008 11:59 p.m. ET

Big broadband companies are headed for a clash with Washington over whether consumers have a right to get as much as they want from the Internet, as fast as they want it, without paying extra for the privilege.

Complaints that cable titan Comcast Corp. is deliberately delaying some Internet traffic are prompting moves in Washington to block efforts by broadband providers to favor some kinds of Internet traffic over others.